efter

== English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === efter (plural efters) (UK, slang, obsolete) A thief who frequents theaters. ==== References ==== John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary === Anagrams === Freet, freet == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse eptir, from Proto-Norse ᚨᚠᛏᛖᚱ (after), from Proto-Germanic *aftiri (“more aft, further behind”), *after. Related to Norwegian Bokmål etter, Swedish efter, and English after. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛfdɐ/, [ˈefd̥ɐ], [ˈeftɒ̽] === Preposition === efter after; subsequent; later in time than ==== Related terms ==== derefter efterspil efterskrift === Adverb === efter later, afterwards (in time) after (in a sequence) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Danish efter, from Old Norse eptir, from Proto-Norse ᚨᚠᛏᛖᚱ (after), from Proto-Germanic *aftiri (“more aft, further behind”), *after. Related to Norwegian Bokmål etter, Swedish efter, and English after. === Preposition === efter (Riksmål) after; subsequent; later in time than ==== Related terms ==== derefter efterpå === Adverb === efter (Riksmål) later, afterwards (in time) (Riksmål) after (in a sequence) == Old English == === Preposition === efter alternative form of æfter == Scots == === Etymology === From Middle English after, from Old English æfter, from Proto-West Germanic *aftar. === Preposition === efter after === Adverb === efter (not comparable) after === Conjunction === efter after === References === “efter”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse eptir === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛftɛr/ Rhymes: -¹ɛftɛr === Adjective === efter (not comparable) (only used predicatively) slow (from notion of behind others) === Adverb === efter (comparative mer efter, superlative mest efter) after === Preposition === efter after; subsequent; later in time than or later in a sequence than for (seeking, in pursuit of) by; as in one by one, one after another by; in a manner conforming or corresponding to by; using the rules or logic of ==== Derived terms ==== === References === efter in Svensk ordbok (SO) efter in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) efter in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) == West Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian efter, from Proto-West Germanic *aftar (“more aft, further behind”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛftər/ === Preposition === efter behind ==== Further reading ==== “efter”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011